Hearing what Isabel said, Reiner was stunned. He looked at Isabel with disbelieving eyes and asked her in a trembling voice: "Isabel, you, how could you say that? Do you have any leverage against him?"
In your hand?"
"No, I just like to be with my master! Mr. Reiner, please don't harass me again in the future!" Isabel said coldly.
Seeing Isabel's statement, Tangning was very satisfied, so she smiled and asked Reiner: "Mr. Reiner, is there anything else you want to say now?"
"Okay, since this is your decision Isa, I respect it, but if you regret it one day, I will wait for you at any time!" After saying that, Reiner turned around and left.
After returning to the room, Tangning asked Isabel coldly: "Isabel, please explain to me, what is going on?"
"Master, this is what happened. When I went to buy flowers on the street last week, I met Mr. Reiner!" At this point, Isabel added: "Master, it was Mr. Reiner who told me first!"
"I know, just keep talking!" Tang Ning said calmly.
Isabel timidly said: "Liner, Mr. Liner asked me my name and said he liked me, and then I told him that I had a master, but he didn't listen, and I couldn't do anything to him, so I started to hide.
Hold him."
To be honest, Tang Ning really didn't expect that an American young man would fall in love with a slave girl, and even go to the slave girl's owner to demand her freedom. But this thing happened in front of her, and in her heart
I am still very unhappy. Could it be that I have been a slave owner for a long time and my thinking has been assimilated?
Seeing Isabel still waiting in front of him, Tangning waved her hands and said, "You go back first!" Then she began to think about her own thoughts.
But Isabel obviously misunderstood Tangning's meaning. She knelt down and cried, "Master, I have never done anything to regret you, and I have never thought of leaving your side. Please
Please don’t let Isa go, okay?”
Tangning was about to laugh and cry and say when did I say I don't want you anymore, but then she thought about it and asked Isabel: "Isabel, if one day slavery is abolished, what are you going to do?"
"Master, what does it mean that slavery has been abolished?" Isabel asked in confusion.
Tangning thought for a moment and then explained: "Well, all manor owners are not allowed to buy black slaves, and all black slaves have become free citizens."
The "free people" Downing refers to are black free people. Although they are indeed not black slaves, they are still very discriminated against. They don't even have the right to vote. In terms of other rights, they are equivalent to "three-fifths of white people", and
The number of people is not large, only about two to three thousand in New Orleans, but there are still many slave owners who are trying to make them into black slaves... (In fact, even if it is released
"Emancipation Proclamation" but until 1895 black people still did not have the right to vote...)
To Tangning's surprise, Isabel, after thinking carefully for a while, shook her head and replied, "No, I don't want to become a free citizen, I just want to be my master's slave!"
"Why don't you want to? It's great to be a free citizen, so free!" Tangning asked in confusion.
Isabel explained: "But the free people I know live worse lives. Why should I give up such a good life now?"
Then he said: "Actually, I understand what master you and Mr. Reiner mean by freedom. If I meet a master like Mr. Carter, I will definitely choose to become a free man, let alone let him go."
Mr. Reiner brought me such a good opportunity today! But I met you, the master. You are the best master for female slaves I know, and I also like the life here very much, so no matter what, I
I will never leave you, Master, and I believe Caroline thinks so too!"
Regardless of whether Isabel's words were sincere or flattering, Tangning felt very comfortable anyway, so she smiled and patted her little hand and said, "I understand what you mean, you go upstairs first, I have to go out to do some errands.
I’ll come back and reward you later!”
What Tangning had to do, of course, was to pay back the money to Uncle Yule, and at the same time tell them that if they met this guy in the future, not only would they not be able to lend him a shilling, but they would also have to help him control him immediately.
Although I lost some money by doing this, I saved my credibility. In New Orleans, an upper-class society where acquaintanceship is the mainstay, credibility and reputation are more valuable than gold.
When we arrived at Jonathan's Manor, it was almost dinner time, so Jonathan refused to let Tangning leave and insisted on keeping him here for dinner. To be honest, this was Tangning's first time here since the completion of Jonathan's Manor.
After taking a bite of the spiced grilled lamb chops that were served, Tangning nodded and praised, "The last time I had such delicious grilled lamb chops was in Milan!"
Jonathan was very surprised and said: "Tony, you are so awesome. My chef is from Milan!" After that, he sent someone to call the chef over and chatted with Tangning about Milan. But the problem was that Tangning went there.
It was Milan in 2018, so I just dealt with it vaguely.
After the chef left, Jonathan asked Tangning, "Tony, I have a few friends coming over in the next few days. How about we go deer hunting together?"
Deer hunting was originally a traditional pastime for British nobles. However, due to the reduction of royal power, industrialization and years of hunting, it is no longer possible to hunt deer in the UK...
However, this method has been learned by Americans who still regard Britain as a beacon at this stage. After all, the United States has a very large territory, especially in the south because there is not much industrialization, so the environment is very well protected. There are many elk, which attracts many people from the north.
Rich people come here to hunt deer, and it is said that there are even bear hunters... (In fact, deer hunting is still legal in some states in the United States, and there are even deer hunting festivals.)
Tangning was still very interested in this activity, so she replied, "If I don't have anything particularly urgent to do then, I will definitely go!"
"Great, I'll introduce you to some good friends at that time!"
PS: Thanks to book friends "Avenger Loki" and "Can't help but play dirty hands" for their support! I also looked at the results of "Cao Cao Crossing Wu Dalang", and to be honest I was a little surprised. In fact, I had already updated it on Zhihu
I just read it, but I felt that the first few chapters were very interesting, but the later chapters were too boring, but I didn’t expect that there were many friends who liked this approach!